Circuit-controlling telephone-receiver support.



. w. PICK. CIRCUIT CONTROLLING TELEPHONE RECEIVER SIPPORT.

Patented Apr; 17,1917.

APPLICA'HON FILED JULY 3|. L9H.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

W. PICK. CIRCUIT CONTROLLING TELEPHONE RECEIVER SUPPORT.

Patented Apr. 17, 1917;

2 SHEETS-SHEET. 2.

APPLICATION HLED IULY 3h l9l6.

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STATES .PATENU. OFFICE.

i i r "WILLIAM PICK, or NEW Yank, N; i. 7

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. 32 Specification of I etters Patent. f atented Apr. 17, 191 '7.

I i Application filed-July 31, 1916. Serial No. 112,: 10.

whom it may concern: Fig. 5, is a view of the means for impart- Be it known that I, WILLTAM PICK, a subiug flexibility to the telephone receiver as Austria.v and Aposviewed 111 the direction of the arrow 5 in feet of the Emperor of tolic King of Hungmry, residing at 530Vest Fig. ;1'; Qne Hundred and Fifty-ninth street, in the Fig. 6, is a diagram of the. connections of. city of New York and State of New York, my improved telephone receiver support and have invented certain new and useful Imcooperating part,, provements in Circuit-Controlling Tele- Figs. 7 aiulB/are detail views of parts phone-ReceiverSupports; and I do hereby hereinafter referred to; '10 declare the following to be a full, clear, and Fig. 9. is a station along the line $l-9 in exact description ofthe invention, such as Fig. 3, looking n the direction of the arwill enable others skilled in the art to which row 9; it appertains to make and use the same. Fig. 10, is a su-tion along the line 10 0 My invention relates to a support for a inFig. 3. lool"n in the direction of the ar- -15 telephone receiver which is so constructed rowlO; and

and arranged that it has a normal or folded Fig. 11,- is adetail view ofthe slide by position in which the receiver is close to the which I control the contacts. transmitter and a plurality of unfolded posi- In the drawin gs tions in which thereceiver may rest at any 15 represents a telephone transmitter supa 3,0 distance from the transmitter. port of any. approved type, the upper end A further object of my invention is to of which suppo 'ts the "fork 16 to which is provide contacts operated by the, receiver hinged tluytransmittcr 17. All of these sup ort so that when the receiver is in the parts'arc ot' theordimiry or of any approved f0l( ed'position one series of contacts is made construction an l the details of said oon- 25 and another series of contacts is made when struction. not lnin'g part of my invention,

the receiver is in any one of the plurality of will not he illusl rated or described. unfolded positions. a \tthe top of the transmitter support 15 I A further object of my invention is to secure tl lktllllltf 18 which is provided with provide means for opening the contacts a cylimlrical llt le adapted to [it tightly on 80 which are. made when the support is exthe upper ])()1'tl)ll of the support 15. Said tended and for closing contacts which, are hearing 18 also provided with flanges 19 usually made when the support is folded, and 0 and the slotll between the flanges. without folding said support. The flange 19 is provided" with two holes "A further object of my invention is to 22-2i2 and the flange 20 is provided with $5 pr0vidc means for -'ieldingl v supporting hvothrcadcd In lcs i l- 23. T we screws such saidreceiver inanyposition to which it is "as 'Z-l are passe] through the holes 2), into moved. a the threaded luilcs 23. thus serving to secure a -A further ohject ofmy invention is to the hearing 19 upon the upper end of the provide a certain degree of flexibility in telephone trans nitte'r support 15. 40 the means for su 'iporting said receiver so On the side of the hearing 18 op )osite to that it may adjust itself to the ear of the ,lhc flanges l!) and it) I provide. a cylindrical user. support 25 t'orl Htl integrally with the hear- In the drawings ing 1% The outer end of the support 25 is Figure 1, is a side view of my improved provided with he screw thread 26 and with 45 telephone receiver support as applied to a a. projection .2? for a nu-pose hereinafter well-known transn'littcr support; explained. 'lh support 25 is provided with Fig; 2; is ascction along'the line 2-2 in a evlindrical -h ole 28' in which isrevolubly Fig.1, looking in the direction of the armounted a sleeve 29. row 2; I On the sleeve 29 there is'secured by means 9 50' Fig. 3, is a section along-the line 33 in of the. screw 30 a washer-.31. The washer 31 Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the ar is cut away as at til- 32, (see Fig. 9), so row 3; f a as to permit a limited motion of revolution Fig. 4,.is a section of-a portion of the conto the sleeve 59 within the support 25. A i hot operating mechanisnr as taken along second washer 33. rcvolubly mounted upon IS the line =l-4 in Fig. 1,lo0king' in the directhe sleeve 29 adjacent to the washer 31. A

of the arrow 4;, g nut 34 is'rev'ol ably mounted upon the sleeve of said screws 5 port 15.

.connected parts in siondesire away as can have a limited motion of'revolution within the support to the extent determinedby the circumferential length of the cut awa portion of the washer 31. It is also evi out that this limited motion of revolution of the sleeve 29 will not produce any turning effect upon the nut 34 because the washer 33 is prevented from turning on the portion 27 of the suppo1t25.

It is alsoevident that when the nut 34 is screwed up,the washer '31 'will be clamped between the washer 33 and the face of the support 25. These parts thus serve as a friction clamp to support the lazy tongs 41 and anyposltion to which they may be'moved.

Formed integrally with the outer end of the sleeve 29 I provide a second sleeve 35 open at one end and at the other end p'rovided with win 5 36-36 having slots 3737 therein. Slidafily mounted in said slots I provide screws such as 3838. The two screws 38-38 I secureby means of the nuts 39-39 to the links 40 40 of the lazy, tongs 41 which may have any numberof jointed sections to. rovide for any length of extenlazy tongs are 4343 slide in'slots 45-45 provided in the base of the yoke 46. The yoke'46 is further prosecured by means of the nuts vided with two ears 4747- in which arethrea'ded the screws 48-48. The inner ends I fit loosely in holes provided in the receiver 49. 1

The conductors leading from the receiver '49 are braided together into a cable 50 which is supported in screw eyes such as til-secured in any desired number of the links of the lazy tongs 41 and'the inner end of the cable 50 passes through the insulating bushing 52 which is provided in the transmitter sup- The joint between the links 40-40 is formed by the screw 53 and revolubly mounted upon said screw is provided-a slide 54 having a cut away portion -55 clearance around the links ;4040. The

slide 54 is slidably mounted in the hole pro- 60,

vided in the sleeve 35, and said slide is provided with a. slot 56 for a; purpose hereinafter referred .to. 'Said slot is further out at 57 for a purpose'hereinafter referred to.

Slidably mountediwithin the sleeve .29

plained; I

Mounted within the support I provide =1 'stifi', upright metallic piece 63 which is se- The outer hnks 4242 of the to the screws 44- 44 and said screws contact with the toprovide pin 5.8. The inner 'end of said pin is enlar'gcd'as at 59 and provided with a face 60 of insulatingmaterial. A slot such as 77 is provided in the upper end "of the support 15 so" that thebearmg 18 may be placed downwardly on said sup rt after the pin 58 is assembled with sai bearing. The outer end of the pin 58 slides in the cut away portion 57 of the slot 54 and a in 61 asses through the slot 56 of said sli e and as its inmr end threaded within the pin 58. The outer end of the pin 61 is provided with a head 62 for purpose hereinafter exprovide a cured in'electrical connection with the support 15 inany approved manner.

A contact point 64 upper end of the 65 and 66 are secured to the piece 63 inany approved-manner but they are insulated from said piece and from each other. The springs 65 and 66 are provided with contact points near their free ends, A- contact point is provided on the spring 64in line with the contact points on The various elements of my improved apparatus are connected as follows; The' line wire'67 is connected with the spring 66, and

the line wire 68 v of the transmitter 1'7. .The OthGLSidG of the transmitter 17 is connected by the wire'69 with-the sprin 64. *The line wire 68 is also connected by it e wire 70 to one side of the receiver 49 andthe other side of the receiver the wire 71 to the spring 1 49 is connected by g 65. The support 63 is connected byzthe wire 72 to oneside of the alarm bell 73 which may be of the other side of the bell-73 the wire 74 to the is connected by ground.

' The operation ofmy improved circuit con-- trolling telephone receiver support isas folows When the'receiver is in the in Fig. 1 the slide 54 will position shown are ln-the positions shown in Fi 65 and the latter contact point will. make contact'with the contact point onthe spring is provided near the piece 63. Three springs 64,-

any approved construction andbe in the position shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. The slide 54 :is

the parts springs 65 and 66. i

is connected with.one 'sicle the contact pointon the spring 64 willmake contact point on the spring" the receiver. 49, thence through the wire 70 to the line 68. There will also be circulation of current from the spring 66 to the s 6'5, thence to the; spring 64. and t through the i'nitter 17 and thence tothe line '68.

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wire .69 to-the teleph n P onvers'ation can then be-ce'nied on in the 110 ordinary way .and the receiver 49 can be receiver -Minis to be pushed downwardly and toward the-right, looking at the parts as in Fig; 1, until t 1e links of the lazy tongs fold to ether.

, wire-74 to the ground.

49 vii-ill be cutout of circuit and the alarm position shown in uring' this motion of the receiver 49 the slide 54 will be pushed inwardly and the front edge of the recess 57 will bear against the end of'the pin 58 and force said pin inwardly until the contact point on the spring 64 l makes contact with the contact point of the piece-63. At the same time the Said contact point on the spring 64 separates from the contact point on the spring 65 and the latter contact pointalso separates from the contact point on the spring 66, the various springs and contact points assumin the positions shown in Fig. 6. In this condition of thefparts the circuit will be from the line 68 to one side of" the transmitter 17,

then from the other side of the transmitter 17 through the wire 69 to the spring 64, then to the -p1ece 63,. then through the wire 72 to thefalarm bell 73 and then through the bell 73" will be placed in circuit.

When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1 it will be noted by referring to Fig. 5 that the receiver 49 can be turned slightly sidewise to adjust. itself to the ear of the user. It is also to be noted that should the-user desire to call the attention of the operator after the arts are moved to the l ig. 1, he can do so by ppshing the button 62 inwardly until the contact on the spring 64 makes contact with the contact point on the piece 63.

41 in a position to the left of. the support 15 similar tothat shown on the right in Fig. 1, this can be done by removing the screw 30 from the hole in which it is placed in Figs. 3 and 9' and then moving the lazy tongs around to the desired position and then placing the screw in the hole at 75 in Fig. 9. The transmitter 17 can be moved to any desired Thus, the receiver said first uanud washer \vi position on the left ofthe su part 15 by simply swingia it 'a'aound on t screw 7 Thus, it will iie seen that I provide a simple, cheap and efl'ectivc device for support,- mg a teleplmnereceiver inany desired 0- sition' and at the same time iving flexibility to said receiver whereby tie hands of the operator may be left free for any desired occupation.

1. The combination with a transmitter. support'and z plurality of contact springs normally insu ated from each other inclosed therein, of a ieceiv'er, an extensible support for said rcceii er mounted on said transmitter support, in eans for bringing said springs into contact operated by said extensible support, and a(ditio nal manually operated means for separating said-springs.

2. The combination with a transmitter. support, of a bearing secured to said support, a sleeve secured in said bearing-and iaving a second sleeve at its outer end, a pair of wings provided .with slots secured to said second sleeve, a lazy tongs slidably mounted at on: end in said slots, a yoke rovided with slots, the other end of said azy tongs being slidably-mounted in said slots in said yoke, and a receiver yieldingly attachedto suit yoke. 7' r 3.. The combination with a transmitter support of a hearing provided with a projection and a threaded portionsecured to said support, rslceve secured in said hearing. a split .a usher secured to said sleeve said split waaher loosely straddling saic projection, a second split washer revolubly mounted on said sleeve, the split washer tightly straddling said projection, and a nut 'n'voluhly mounted on-said sleeve and screwed on sa (1 threaded portion, whereby 1 be clamped between said :ond named washer and the A face of said tl readed portion. When it is desired to place the lazy 'tongs 4. The combination with a telephone receiver suppo'u, of a plurality of contact springs mounted therein, a pin for moving said sprlngs. a slide for moving said pi n, a

.slot in said slide and a headed pin passing WI LLIAM PICK. 

